Forestry Commons in the Morocco High Atlas

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2190
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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Auclair, Laurent
Conference:	Reinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property
Location:	Bodoe, Norway
Conf. Date:	May 24-28, 1995
Date:	1995
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2190
Sector:	Social Organization Forestry
Region:	Africa
Subject(s):	common pool resources forestry IASC mountain regions village organization
Abstract:	"This paper gives details of the problematics, and defines the issues, in the area of the management of forestry commons in the Maghreb. It then goes on to describe the management methods of forestry commons (control of access, division of resources, development) in an enclosed valley in the Moroccan High Atlas mountains: the Ait Bou Gmez area. We put especial emphasis on the negative consequences, from an environmental point of view (deforestation) of the process of communal deregulation, which is becoming more widespread, and frequently leads to free access to resources. Finally, we underline the necessity of supporting community structures in order to be able to create policies capable of guaranteeing forestry renewal."

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